Nice write up...wish i had some free time...work'n 10-12 hour days ain't so fun...especially when you know you ain't getting paid for about 2-4 of those hours...

It was my day off, and it was dumping rain, so I was stuck indoors. I'm jonesing to get back to fishing though, I stopped by the Feather River after work today and saw brown trout jumping up the rapids on their spawning runs! Got me really excited for this weekend.

i havent touched a lathe in years.. thats why i need to find a way to get a new one and a big ol box of AYC.. turn a few, make a duplicator, and get my artsy butt to buildin & paintin all winter. lol. i might have a few handcarve pics on another computer.. ill take a look._________________كافر

I'm sure you would get amazing action on a nose hooked bait. But even with a weedless hook there is one big set back to nose hooking. When a fish hits the bait is going to get ripped off the hook. The standard rigging for a wide-gap hook enables a good solid grasp on the soft plastic bait. This way you get the most out of each bait, which can last countless bites. Fish after fish. Another problem I see with nose hooking is that the hook point will be so far away from the bait, instead of in the middle. Resulting in tons of short bites. However, the brilliant thing about using plastics is that you are rewarded for experimenting. If you think outside the box, there is always room for improvement.

good point, bro. i was thinking a while back about that.. and wondered this;

offshore guys use rigging needles for all kindsa wacky crap, right? why not get a thin diameter(a piercing needle would work well, actually.. its essentially a hypo) hollow needle and rig it thru the bait, with say a supple/thin/whatever mono/fluro/whatever piece tied to a small hook, then slide the hook back into the bait and bury the tip ever so slightly for weedless.

so basically, youd get the action of the lure(or at least more than you would with a hook goin thru it) and be able to vary it depending on where you want it to emerge from.

have i had a few too many, or may it work out okay?_________________كافر

When I look at that rig Crass, I envision the plastic getting scrunched down the line as you're bringing it through the water. Then it's just gonna spin and twist your line, then rise up the water column and out of the strike zone. Even if the spinning was prevented, I don't believe the action you'd get out of such a rig would beat out a typical weedless rigging by much.

If you want to see some killer action, try one of those magnum bass flipping tubes rigged weedless on a dropshot. The fish love it too!_________________What cha lookin at my gut fer?

There is really no funner way to catch rockies than with light tackle and lures. I personally like plastic worms on a drop shot. You can really feel them hit hard and fight hard._________________"it a good boat youll be happy."

I think you'll have problems hooking the fish if you bury the point on such a small hook. There's no way the point will penetrate the rubber and hit pay dirt.

CRASS wrote:

good point, bro. i was thinking a while back about that.. and wondered this;

offshore guys use rigging needles for all kindsa wacky crap, right? why not get a thin diameter(a piercing needle would work well, actually.. its essentially a hypo) hollow needle and rig it thru the bait, with say a supple/thin/whatever mono/fluro/whatever piece tied to a small hook, then slide the hook back into the bait and bury the tip ever so slightly for weedless.

so basically, youd get the action of the lure(or at least more than you would with a hook goin thru it) and be able to vary it depending on where you want it to emerge from.

BTW...I love that 6th lure down...best rubber compond eva!!! 1 lure could last me all day, no kid'n and the action on those things are awesome...Now only if they made them in 7", I'd be stock'n up on them too. I already have like 10 packs of the 5" model in the closet...Love walmart during there tackle sales...$1.50 a pack...

BTW...I love that 6th lure down...best rubber compond eva!!! 1 lure could last me all day, no kid'n and the action on those things are awesome...Now only if they made them in 7", I'd be stock'n up on them too. I already have like 10 packs of the 5" model in the closet...Love walmart during there tackle sales...$1.50 a pack...

Yeah that thing rocks. Ole FishermanDan hooked me up with that one last spring, when he and Surfcaster visited Humboldt. It's the exact same bait he gave me! Been thrashed by lingcod teeth and it's still in the same condition as when Dan gave it to me. Very cool._________________What cha lookin at my gut fer?